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All 9th and 10th grade English students participate in the Accelerated Reader program at ZHS. The AR program enables students to read books that are at an appropriate level for them and then take quizzes to assess their reading comprehension. Students are given a recommended reading range known as a ZPD, "Zone of Proximal Development". The ZPD is determined by the student's score on the STAR reading test. The purpose of the ZPD is to give students a personalized range of books that are at an appropriate level for them to practice reading. Reading books within a student's ZPD ensures that books are not too easy or too hard, and allows for student reading skills to improve.  The ZPD may change over time and may need to be altered to accommodate each student. 

 ZHS now has the web-based version of Accelerated Reader, which has several advantages over the older version. 

• Student's now have access to over 130,000 quizzes to choose from and aren't limited only to the titles that the ZHS library carries. You may check AR Bookfind to see if a book has an AR quiz.  

• Home Connect allows parents to review the AR quiz results from the books their students have taken quizzes on. Parents can also sign up to receive email alerts after their student takes a quiz. 

 

Click on the button above to access Renaissance Place Home Connect.  Parents will have to enter their child's AR username/password to access Home Connect.

The button above will take you to Accelerated Reader BookFinder.  Students can browse all of the AR books available to them at this site.